This policy briefing focuses on evaluability assessment, a systematic and collaborative approach to deciding whether and how an evaluation should be done. EA involves stakeholders working together to reach a consensus view of what the policy or service change is expected to achieve, what data sources are available to measure change processes and outcomes, and what is the best approach to evaluation.
Evaluability assessments – our impact
The impact of What Works Scotland on evaluation planning, in particular the increasing use of evaluability assessments.
What Works Scotland contributes to health and wellbeing evaluation support materials
What Works Scotland co-director Peter Craig has contributed to new evaluation support materials for health and wellbeing professionals.
Evaluability Assessment of Thriving Places: a Report for Glasgow Community Planning Partnership
Report that describes the evaluability assessment (EA) process used by What Works Scotland to develop and recommend options to evaluate the Glasgow area-based initiative Thriving Places.
Evaluability Assessment: a systematic approach to deciding whether and how to evaluate programmes and policies
This working paper sets out the essentials of the evaluability assessment approach, which What Works Scotland has identified as one of its key approaches to improving the use of evaluation and evidence by community planning partnerships. The paper describes how evaluability assessment has been used to date, with a focus on examples relevant to Scotland, and suggests how it may be used in future.